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Ontario Tech acknowledges the lands and people of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation.

We are thankful to be welcome on these lands in friendship. The lands we are situated on are covered by the Williams Treaties and are the traditional territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation, including Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi. These lands remain home to many Indigenous nations and peoples.

We acknowledge this land out of respect for the Indigenous nations who have cared for Turtle Island, also called North America, from before the arrival of settler peoples until this day. Most importantly, we acknowledge that the history of these lands has been tainted by poor treatment and a lack of friendship with the First Nations who call them home.

This history is something we are all affected by because we are all treaty people in Canada. We all have a shared history to reflect on, and each of us is affected by this history in different ways. Our past defines our present, but if we move forward as friends and allies, then it does not have to define our future.

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Students at Ontario Tech University's north Oshawa location.

Leading the pack again: Ontario Tech tops among province’s universities for year-over-year percentage growth in applications

January 18, 2023

For the second consecutive academic recruitment cycle, Ontario Tech University is posting province-leading numbers for growth in overall applications for Fall enrolment. Following the January 12 deadline for Ontario high school students to apply to an undergraduate program at an Ontario university, the Ontario Universities’ Application Centre (OUAC) says Ontario Tech again leads the province in a key metric.

Ontario Tech University Project Arrow team celebrates the creation of the Arrow, the highly anticipated all-Canadian concept electric vehicle (inside the ACE Aerodynamic Climatic Wind Tunnel at Ontario Tech, December 2022, prior to the subsequent January 5, 2023 global unveiling in Las Vegas, Nevada).

Driving onto the world stage: The Ontario Tech Project Arrow story

January 05, 2023

Canada’s Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association (APMA) selected Ontario Tech as the lead academic institution for Phase 2 of Project Arrow, an all-Canadian engineered concept funded by the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev). The Arrow’s ambitious deadline was met, and the APMA’s brainchild made its global debut January 5, 2023 at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, the world’s the most influential tech event.

Ontario Tech’s Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research is a founding member of the WHO World Rehabilitation Alliance

Ontario Tech’s Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research becomes a founding member of WHO World Rehabilitation Alliance

December 02, 2022

Researchers at the Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research at Ontario Tech University are poised to play an enhanced role in uncovering new solutions to ensure that patients in-need and the general public receive the best rehabilitation services. The World Health Organization has named the IDRR at Ontario Tech a founding member of the WHO World Rehabilitation Alliance.

The Hon. Peter Bethlenfalvy. Minister of Finance and Pickering-Uxbridge MPP (right) speaking at the automotive sector roundtable at Ontario Tech University's ACE (November 25, 2022). Also shown (from right): Patrice Barnes, Ajax MPP; Todd McCarthy, Durham MPP; Lorne Coe, Whitby MPP; Andrew Dowie, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, and Windsor-Tecumseh MPP; and Dr. Steven Murphy, President and Vice-Chancellor, Ontario Tech University.

Ontario Tech engineering, research and development: Helping drive the automotive industry forward

December 02, 2022

On November 25, the Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade (MEDJCT) hosted an automotive sector roundtable at Ontario Tech. The robust discussion, held at one of the university’s core research facilities, Ontario Tech’s Automotive Centre of Excellence (ACE), featured community partners and local automotive industry champions outlining current challenges and opportunities.

Conceptual image of hydrogen gas storage tanks.

Nuclear hydrogen workshop reinforces Ontario Tech’s leadership in clean and sustainable energy leadership towards Net-Zero

November 04, 2022

From Saturday, November 19 to Monday, November 21, Ontario Tech will host a major international workshop: The Role of Nuclear Energy in the Hydrogen Economy. The event will bring together researchers and energy sector partners from around the world to discuss state-of-the-art nuclear hydrogen technologies and the role of nuclear energy towards a sustainable hydrogen economy.

E-bike rider near Windfields Farm at Ontario Tech University's north Oshawa location.

Ontario Tech research supports a green light on electrifying active transportation options

October 04, 2022

Through funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and Infrastructure Canada, Ontario Tech University researchers are exploring ways to better understand what we know about e-bikes. In a recently published paper in the journal Transport Policy, they say e-bike use has the potential to transform personal transportation towards a mode that is eco-friendly, age-friendly, barrier-free, healthy, and cost-effective.

Rain barrel at Ontario Tech University's Windfields Farm location.

Ontario Tech University among North American post-secondary leaders for sustainability-focused practices

September 26, 2022

In the latest rankings report from the Philadelphia-based Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), released in early September, Ontario Tech has not only retained its Gold rating from AASHE’s Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS), but has also jumped two places over last year on the Top-10 list as a Top-Performing Master's Institution.

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